"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/09/2013 at 14:52 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/09/2013 at 14:52 • Filed to: None | 1
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I took my boys bowling this morning, and all I can say is, thank Dick Weber's Ghost for computerized scoring. I'm a pretty smart guy. Hell, I even understand the game of Cricket. But bowling scoring totally escapes me. This, plus the next ball, or the next two balls? Huh? Screw it. I'm getting a beer.
AddMustard
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 14:53 |
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Beer was invented shortly after the invention of the scoring system for bowling.
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ttyymmnn
> AddMustard
08/09/2013 at 14:54 |
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Yes, because it drove the inventor to drink. Was it the French? Weren't they the ones who came up with the ridiculously silly conventions of tennis scoring?
Nerd-Vol
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 14:55 |
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I used to know how to.
For Sweden
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 14:55 |
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I even understand the game of Cricket.
Lies
Dusty Ventures
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 15:04 |
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I understand it, but only because my dad had me at the lanes twice a month back in the early 90, so by age 8 I'd basically absorbed it.
Casper
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 15:09 |
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I feel the same way about Tennis. The only logic I can come up with is that the more boring to watch a game/sport is, the harder the scoring system has to be. Keep the fans occupied as they try to verify the current score.
marvthegrate
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 15:11 |
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It's easy... 10x12=300. Bowling math is totally easy once you add beer.
Jayhawk Jake
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 15:16 |
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Eh, it's not that complicated. I've been bowling for 14 years, you get used to it.
IFTNFS
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 15:52 |
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Haha, I used to be in a candlepin bowling league that used manual scoring. It was a bit tricky at first but after time I found that I was actually more engaged and into the game when we weren't relying on a computer to do that all for us.
Kind of like driving, I guess. Save the manuals!
GreenN_Gold
> marvthegrate
08/09/2013 at 17:28 |
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10x12 is only 272.72 repeating, you need the bonus 11th frame to get to 300.
Therefore, 11 x 12 = 300.
Therefore, 300/11 = 12
And 272.72 repeating/10 = 12
With 12 being a variable representing the number of points available in each frame.
Meaning 12 = 27.27 repeating (naturally, duh, it's so intuitive!)
Meaning that each frame is worth 27.27 repeating.
Now...where did my beer go?
XJDano
> IFTNFS
08/09/2013 at 22:17 |
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How freaking awesome is this, the upstairs bowling alley down the street form where I grew up has google street view inside, I just found that out.
Anyway, they only have manual scoring, and I actually have never been there.
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XJDano
> ttyymmnn
08/09/2013 at 22:18 |
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How freaking awesome is this, the upstairs bowling alley down the street form where I grew up has google street view inside, I just found that out.
Anyway, they only have manual scoring, and I actually have never been there.